On
24 December 2012 the United Nations General Assembly expressed serious
concern over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Burma
(Myanmar) and called upon the Government to address reports of human
rights abuses by the authorities.
The
193-nation General Assembly approved by consensus a non-binding
resolution, which Burma said last month contained a “litany of sweeping
allegations, accuracies of which have yet to be verified.”
The
UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution “expressing
particular concern about the situation of the Rohingya minority in
Rakhine state, urges the government to take action to bring about an
improvement in their situation and to protect all their human rights,
including their right to a nationality.”
The
Burmese Government continues to refuse to recognize the Rohingya in
breach of international law. The Government stated: “There has been no
such ethnic group as Rohingya among the ethnic groups of Burma Despite
this fact, the right to citizenship for any member or community has been
and will never be denied if they are in line with the law of the land.”
By
continuing to persecute the Rohingya community in Burma and by refusing
to afford basic rights to the Rohingya community the Burmese Government
has demonstrated a refusal to adhere to international norms.
BROUK
President Tun Khin said: “We welcome the resolution that seeks to
address the outbreak of violence on members of the Rohingya community in
Burma and consider that this must be the first step in ensuring justice
and accountability in Burma. But it has been more than 6 months thus
far, there is no safety or security and the Rohingya continue to face
the blocking of aid resulting in the spread of illness and disease. We
urgently seek the deployment of UN Peacekeeping Forces and International
Observers in Arakan to protect the Rohingya. Furthermore, we urge
Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to place Burma
on the agenda during the March session in Geneva with a view to adopting
a resolution to establish an Independent Commission of Inquiry as a
matter of priority.”
Despite international outcries the Burmese government is seeking to use the oppressive legislation in the form of The Burma Citizenship Law of 1982 on
the homeless Rohingya people whilst most of their documentation was
destroyed during a spate of violence in the region. This serves as
further intention of the Government to deceive the international
community.
BROUK
calls upon the organs of the United Nations, following the adoption of
the resolution, to bring an end to the campaign of ethnic cleansing on
the ethnic Rohingyas and Kaman Muslim community in Arakan.
BROUK
calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to recognize that the
ongoing persecution of members of the Rohingya community is part of a
widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population as part of a
State or Organizational Policy and therefore constitutes a crime against
humanity as defined under the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court.
For more information please contact Tun Khin +44 7888 714 866
General Secretary
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)
London
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)
London
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